Public.Resource.Org, Inc. and Right to Know CLG v European Commission (T-185/19)

Judgment of 14 Jul 2021

law://eu/cjeu/2019/t-185-19/para_40@2026-11-13

40In the first place, it must be pointed out that copyright is an intellectual property right which guarantees legal protection for the creator of an original work, which remains, notwithstanding progressively closer harmonisation, largely governed by national law. Its existence and the scope of its protection, and more particularly exceptions to that protection, which are not the subject of either EU harmonising provisions or international provisions to which the European Union or its Member States are bound, continue to be defined by the laws of the Member States (see, to that effect, Opinion of Advocate General Jääskinen in Donner, C‑5/11, EU:C:2012:195, points 24 and 27).

Public.Resource.Org, Inc. and Right to Know CLG v European Commission (T-185/19)

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